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The National Security Agency was formed in 1962 to improve foreign intelligence within the United States government. The NSA’s intelligence gathering is limited to foreign communications, but in 2013 it was leaked that the NSA had been spying on Americans in the United States.

In 2013, American technical contractor Edward Snowden made international news when he told The Guardian and the Washington Post about the NSA’s secret PRISM surveillance program; Snowden said that it was very easy to spy on anyone—Americans as well as foreigners. The NSA had been nicknamed “National Spying Agency” in 2006, and the spying scandal helped repopularize the nickname on June 6 and June 8, 2013. The NSA was nicknamed “Nefarious Spying Agency” on June 6, 2013 and “Neocon Spying Agency” (by the influential libertarian website LewRockwell.com) on June 15th. The NSA had been nicknamed the “National Socialist Agency” since at least 2006, but this other nickname (as well as “National Socialist Administration") came into greater use after the June 2013 NSA newspaper stories.

The NSA nickname of “Now Spying on Americans” has been cited in print since at least 2005—before the 2013 scandal. The nickname was printed on T-shirts in 2006.

Wikipedia: National Security Agency
The National Security Agency (NSA) is a cryptologic intelligence agency of the United States Department of Defense responsible for the collection and analysis of foreign communications and foreign signals intelligence, monitoring the activity and communications of United States citizens, as well as protecting U.S. government communications and information systems, which involves information security and cryptanalysis/cryptography.

The NSA is directed by at least a lieutenant general or Vice Admiral. NSA is a key component of the U.S. Intelligence Community, which is headed by the Director of National Intelligence. The Central Security Service is a co-located agency created to coordinate intelligence activities and co-operation between NSA and other U.S. military cryptanalysis agencies. The Director of the National Security Agency serves as the Commander of the United States Cyber Command and Chief of the Central Security Service.

By law, NSA’s intelligence gathering is limited to foreign communications, although there have been some incidents involving domestic collection, including the NSA warrantless surveillance controversy.

the everyday santaNSA stands for Now Spying (on) Americans
This whole news story about Bush giving NSA permission to spy within U.S. borders without warrants is threatening to make my head asplode. What about the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act or the 4th Amendment to the Constitution?
Posted on Dec. 16th, 2005 at 04:25 pm

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Our “NSA: Now Spying on Americans” t-shirt is our best selling shirt at the Fair and it’s only $15! Come to the TCNT booth in Carousel Park south of the Grandstand to get yours.
August 25, 2013